Mihai Maniutiu is a Romanian theatre director, writer and theatre/performance theoretician of Romanian origin. He has directed over eighty productions in important theatres, many of which have been toured internationally, broadcast on European TV channels, and won numerous awards in the categories for Best Director, Best Production, and Originality. Maniutiu is a Professor at the Faculty of Theatre and Television of the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Artistic Director and General Manager of the National Theatre of Cluj. In addition to teaching directing, acting, and performance studies (MFA & Doctoral Programs) at the Faculty of Theatre and Television of the University of Cluj, and his position of General Director of the National Theatre in Cluj, Maniutiu has also been Artist-in-Residence at the Center Of Excellence In Image Study at the University of Bucharest (MFA Program in Performance) since Fall 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihai_M%...